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Collected Item: “The Covid Virus”

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The Covid Virus

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text story

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

In February, I was in school. People started talking about this virus that started in China that was killing people and getting people very sick. It was in China so I thought that it wouldn't reach the U.S. Then when I got home I asked my parents about it. Then a couple weeks later they said that the virus got into the U.S. The virus spread all around the world.

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# shocked #concerned #school #news

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

China

Give this story a date.

2020-02-22
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